A Loblaws flyer from 2015 really puts into perspective just how much grocery prices have changed over the years. In a recent on Reddit, user Meryk-Balthazar shared an archive of the supermarket’s Ontario flyers dating all the way back to 2012 on the site . We compared some prices that stood out from 2015 and a flyer from 2014 to the one from this year.
In 2024, broccoli crowns are $3.49 per pound compared to $1.99 per pound in 2015.
As Meryk-Balthazar mentions in their post, that’s a 75% increase from nine years ago. According to the Bank of Canada’s inflation calculator, at the rate of inflation, this broccoli should cost around $2.53 this year, but Loblaws’ price beats it by $1.
This year, family-sized extra lean ground beef at Loblaws is $8.49 per pound, compared to $5.99 per pound for club-sized extra lean ground beef 10 years ago.
The family size is about 5 kilograms more than the club size, which may account for the higher price in 2024. However, that price still outpaces the inflation rate, jumping by 40% instead of the 28% estimated by the BoC’s inflation calculator. In 2015, you could get two three-pound bags of carrots and onions at Loblaws for $4.
Now, you can only get one bag for the same price. Not all items’ prices have skyrocketed. The price of pastries like Danishes, turnovers, and strudels has only gone up by around $1.
Meryk-Balthazar noted these prices in their post, pointing out that the price of 400-gram Black Diamond cheese bars hasn’t chan.
